29 Full-time PhD programmes in Cyber Security

Focus your studies on Data Privacy and Cybersecurity through our Computer Science and Informatics research programmes (MPhil, PhD) from Cardiff University.

The Cyber Security (Cyber Secure Everywhere) programme from University of Bristol students learn from world-leading researchers from each other as an interdisciplinary cohort, and also from industry experts.

Gain hands-on learning experience and solve complex problems in one of the fastest-growing and highest-demand job specializations in the world with this Cyber Studies PhD programme from the University of Tulsa.

With a curriculum carefully designed to address contemporary cyber-security needs, its academic staff doing research in relevant areas, and its experience and progressive approach in education, Sabanci University provides students with a unique opportunity to have a graduate degree in Cyber Security. 

The National PhD Program in Cybersecurity (Ph.D.-CySec) at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca prepares you to analyze and solve a broad spectrum of cybersecurity-related problems with high institutional, social, and industrial interest, with the primary objective of identifying, from time to time, the most effective solutions according to the goal and domain of application.

Despite a national austerity stance, the UK government is spending millions of pounds to ensure that cybersecurity risks are mitigated. Abertay University is in a unique position to make a contribution to this endeavour due to our spread of research activity across the entire Cybersecurity spectrum and our cross-disciplinary approach to the problem.

Embark on a groundbreaking academic journey at Northeastern University's Cybersecurity Doctoral Program.

Learn to apply a fusion of computer science, electrical engineering, and mathematics, along with the humanities, to handle political and social issues in the Cyberspace Engineering program from Louisiana Tech University.

This Cyberspace Security PhD degree program is offered by the School of Information Security Engineering within the School of Electronic, Information and Electrical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

The Cyber Security program at University of New South Wales is intended to prepare candidates for the highest level of professional practice, in which they can contribute significantly to the development of the multi-disciplinary study of cyber security.  

Cyber Security at Luleå University of Technology focuses on technical security aspects as well as protection of systems that are connected to the Internet and include protection of software, data, and hardware.

Cybersecurity is an interdisciplinary field of study that has established itself in recent years as an evolution of the more traditional information security field. The PhD in Cybersecurity is a joint effort between Sapienza University of Rome and Luiss University.

The question is not when we will have a digital society – because we already have one. The question is how to organise it as well and as responsible as possible. This Digital Society program is offered at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft).

Graduates of the Security Technologies Systems and Management Ph.D. programme will acquire theoretical knowledge in the Security and Security Technologies fields. Tomas Bata University in Zlín offers the Security Technologies, Systems and Management programme. 

The Process Control programme from University of Zilina is intended for graduates of the second degree of university study (Engineer/Master of Science or Art) who tend to have an original solution to engineering and scientific problems in the field of management and control of transport and technological processes.

Caucasus University has wide experience of conducting PhD programs over the years. The PhD Program in Cybersecurity reflects the mission, vision, and values of the Caucasus University, as well as of the Technology school. The program takes into account local labor market demands, successful experience from cybersecurity doctoral programs implemented by local and foreign universities, and the development trends in the cybersecurity field.

The Universities of Florence, University of Pisa, and Siena jointly propose the Smart Industry program, focused on the paradigm of Industry 4.0 (I4.0). 

The School of Cybernetics PhD program continues the innovation of the Australian National University Master of Applied Cybernetics in pioneering a new approach to engineering and technology design, development, adoption and regulation that combines technological, human and ecological systems for a better world, as well as being a standard-bearer for equity and inclusion

The Robotics and Cybernetics programme from Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava will help you gain knowledge in scientific methods of research and development.

The Information Security Group (ISG) at Royal Holloway University of London is a world-leading interdisciplinary research group dedicated to research and education in the area of information (cyber) security.